The next moment, Kenji's eyes suddenly widened, and an incredibly powerful pressure burst out from within him.
A visible dark red light, following the winding but extremely fast passage within the research institute, continuously surged forward. It surged out of the research institute, rushed to the vicinity of the port, and charged towards the World Government soldiers who were landing in dense, ant-like swarms.
"Ugh…"
In an instant, these fiercely landing soldiers rolled their eyes and immediately lost consciousness. But strangely, after being stunned into unconsciousness, these people did not collapse to the ground. They remained standing in place, maintaining the actions and expressions they had just before losing consciousness.
From a distance, they looked like wooden puppets that had been frozen in place.
"Hey, hey! What's going on? Why did everyone stop?"
"They seem to have suddenly become unable to move… What happened?"
"Damn it! All the landing troops are unconscious."
On the warships near the port, where the Conqueror's Haki had not yet reached, the CP0 agents on board noticed that the situation of the landing troops was somewhat abnormal, and for a moment they didn't understand why.
But very quickly, they discovered the dark red light rapidly approaching from a distance.
These CP0 agents, after all, had seen 'great scenes,' and immediately recognized the origin of those lights, instantly turning pale with fright.
"That is… Conqueror's Haki!"
"Damn it! Such a powerful Conqueror's Haki! Who on earth did it?"
Several CP0 agents turned around in a panic, but before they could escape, they were caught by the dark red light. Subsequently, like the soldiers who had landed, they were instantly stunned, rolling their eyes and collapsing on the spot.
Moreover, their bodies remained in place, maintaining their previous actions and expressions, their state identical to that of the landing soldiers.
"Ugh! Even they can't withstand this level of pressure?"
On the other end of the warship, in an area where the Conqueror's Haki had not yet reached, several other CP agents witnessed with their own eyes the scene of the stronger CP0 personnel being stunned on the spot, and their eyes couldn't help but show fright.
Within the CP organization, the members of CP1-9 had roughly similar statuses. Only CP0 members' status transcended that of other agents. Correspondingly, the strength of CP0 members was also the most formidable among all agents.
When the other CP agents discovered that even CP0 couldn't withstand this Conqueror's Haki that appeared out of nowhere, they immediately realized that they, too, would certainly not be spared.
"Waaah! It's coming! It's coming!"
"Can't escape! Saturn-sama is still on board…"
Just as several CP agents wanted to escape but dared not, and could only stand in place, watching the Conqueror's Haki surge towards them with eyes full of terror and despair.
Suddenly, another extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki burst out without warning.
This Conqueror's Haki burst out from the most luxurious room in the ship's cabin, and as soon as it appeared, it directly clashed with Kenji's Conqueror's Haki.
However, unlike the Conqueror's Haki released by Kenji, this newly appeared Conqueror's Haki seemed to be indiscriminate, affecting both friend and foe, shocking and impacting all other personnel on the warship as soon as it emerged.
"Ugh…"
Those few CP agents were initially relieved that they had escaped the fate of being stunned into unconsciousness.
Who knew that in the next second, they would pass out on the spot, stunned by Saturn's Conqueror's Haki?
Of course, releasing Conqueror's Haki indiscriminately like this was not without its benefits. The advantage was being able to unleash one's full Conqueror's Haki without restraint or concern.
Whoosh—Boom!
Two ultimate Conqueror's Haki clashed violently, like two high-speed trains colliding head-on, emitting a thunderous sound.
In an instant, the high-energy collision and the scattered energy created a swirling impact, violently churning the air in the nearby area.
From a distance, one would see a large area of air vortices rotating at high speed, and strong air currents spiraling directly towards the sky.
This drew in clouds from further away, forming a gigantic, funnel-shaped hurricane vortex.
At this moment, apart from the flagship where Saturn was located, all other nearby warships were impacted by the hurricane vortex.
The closest few warships were torn apart by this man-made natural force, with spiderweb-like cracks appearing on their hulls. And once cracks appeared, the fate of these warships was sealed.
Crack, crack! Bang!!
In just a few seconds, the cracks on the hull rapidly spread, and the entire warship quickly disintegrated amidst the "crack, crack" sounds of spreading fissures.
Plop!
The personnel on board fell into the sea one by one like dumplings. Immediately after, they were caught by the strong winds, their bodies uncontrollably spinning in mid-air. It looked as if they were riding a ferris wheel, but it was a feath ferris wheel.
Compared to the World Government's warships that shattered upon contact with the hurricane, Kenji's warship performed much better when facing the hurricane's impact.
On one hand, the warship was a certain distance from the Conqueror's Haki collision point, not in the very center, which was the most chaotic and violent area of energy rampage, so the impact it received was not as great.
On the other hand, as the Admiral's flagship, the warship's hull material was extremely tough, and the entire ship was built to be extremely sturdy, capable of withstanding the residual attacks of Admirals and Legendary Pirates.
Of course, there was also one more point. The personnel remaining on the warship were all veterans who had followed Kenji for many years, elites of Marineford, working together skillfully, and possessing rich experience in handling such situations. After all, they had encountered similar situations many times before.
All these factors combined ultimately allowed this warship, when facing the hurricane and giant waves, to endure the impact without any cracks or other damage to its hull, inside or out. Apart from the ship rising and falling, floating unsteadily, it literally withstood this wave of impact.
In fact, while resisting the shockwave, the soldiers remaining on board could even spare some time to chat.
"Hmm, that light… seems to be Admiral Shirojishi's Conqueror's Haki?"
"Shh! Don't talk nonsense. It definitely isn't Admiral Shirojishi. An Admiral wouldn't attack the Five Elders."
"Oh, oh! Right… Actually, I just thought it looked a bit similar, how could it possibly be Kenji-san?!"
On the warship, many soldiers had already recognized that the dark red light suddenly bursting out from deep within Egghead Island was most likely Kenji's Conqueror's Haki.
However, at this moment, a group of people tacitly ignored it, as if they had collectively suffered amnesia.
When World Government personnel called to inquire later, everyone collectively stated: This was probably Conqueror's Haki released by a strong person on Egghead Island.
You don't believe there's such a person? If Egghead Island were so easy to attack, why would an Admiral be sent personally?
The reason given by the soldiers was very sufficient, so reasonable that the CP agents on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, who were trying to question them, were left speechless, only feeling: That makes sense.